Kittybutt...My Cats and more

Abstract Kitties

2012-01-12T02:14:00.007-05:00

The following are images of my most recent abstract cat drawings. The mediums I used were colored pencil, oil pastel, and caran d'ache. This new direction I've taken with my art has been a pleasure for me and I plan on continuing to see where it goes.

"Missing Ashes' Party"

2012-01-12T02:10:00.000-05:00

"Little Ray of Sunshine"

2012-01-12T02:08:00.000-05:00

"Slightly Grumpy"

2012-01-12T02:05:00.001-05:00

"The Upper Hand"

2012-01-12T02:01:00.002-05:00

"One Too Many"

2012-01-12T01:55:00.005-05:00

My newest abstract kitty drawing

2011-03-19T01:56:00.008-04:00

I drew this using colored pencils on speckled gray, lightly textured
art paper, and it's 18 X 24". I'm having a lot of fun doing these abstract kitties!

a new painting i'm working on...

2011-02-20T14:19:00.005-05:00

I went out to CA to visit family last month and had a great time! I brought my sketch book with me and did a little bit of doodling in my down time. I've started doing these kind of abstract kitties and really liked the way this on in particular came out. I decided to attempt turning it into a painting, which is still a work in progress, but I'm liking the way it's coming along...

My New Ornaments

2010-11-27T00:11:00.002-05:00

I've been working on some new ornaments to sell on my etsy site. They're lots of fun to make and I'm doing them in 3 sizes this year. They're also available at Helix in Athens, GA.

Zuki Al Fresco

2010-10-19T13:55:00.003-04:00

Poor Zuki, (aka Mrs. Lady, Mrs. Baby, Mama)! She has to dine al fresco because she and Sonny have prescription diets (Sonny's is for crystals that can form in his urinary tract, and hers is to help extend her life since she has early kidney disease--something we're so glad to have caught in it's early stage), and because they have the worst habit of switching food bowls (mostly Sonny's fault). Here she is, after finishing her dinner, begging to please come in and see if Sonny left her any morsels of his food behind!

Vignets

2010-10-10T13:36:00.007-04:00

Today I am working on photographing my paintings in vignets around our house in order to demonstrate to potential clients on my website how the artwork could look hanging
in their own homes.

The above image somehow seemed incomplete to me...

...until my beautiful model jumped in for a pose!
Thank you, Sonny.

I WANT A GOAT!!!

2010-04-08T12:35:00.008-04:00

I love our kitties, but after visiting this cute little farm on the campus of Shasta College in Redding, CA, I'd love to add a goat into our mix! There were so many little babies and the mama, in the picture above, looked like she was smiling so proudly. Her baby was still under a heating lamp, so tiny and cute!

The babies look a lot like cocker spaniels.

Eagle Cam in Cali

2010-04-02T11:44:00.003-04:00

I'm back from visiting my family out in Northern CA. What a great trip I had! Everyone in my family is a nature-lover, and at my sisters house we would leave this website up and running to watch throughout the day a family of eagles forming. The family is now complete with all 3 eggs having hatched! We actually got to see the first egg hatch. The eaglets are so tiny and adorable! It's hard to believe that in just 2 months they'll be as large as their parents!

Kitties in Cali

2010-03-21T17:57:00.010-04:00

I'm excited to be going to visit my family out in CA soon! It will be interesting to see how big my sister's kittens have gotten since I last saw them about a year ago.

Crazy Animal Stickers!

2010-03-12T12:36:00.007-05:00

Check out these stickers I got at the Dollar General store! On the outside it looks like a normal pack of assorted wild animal images...

But on the inside it's a hilarious random mix of wild and domesticated animals all together! I don't know why I find this so funny, but maybe it has to do with the sizes...I mean, the elephant is smaller than the chihuahua!!! And to see a tucan, a lion, and a basset hound all together on the same page...that's good stuff! Not to mention the cheetah and the jack russell pup face to face! I love these stickers!

Mrs Baby (Zuki, the white cat)

2010-03-10T13:11:00.004-05:00

Looking back on my most recent posts, I realized that I've been neglecting my precious Mrs. Baby, aka Zuki! My hubby, Andrew, took this adorable photo of her yesterday from the yard with his phone camera, and caught her in a mid-meow! I had just gotten home and she was screaming at me to come in and feed her her dinner. She is so demanding and adorable, and she keeps me in line! Mrs. Baby is 14 years old this year, but I think having a younger male around helps to keep her young and active.

Sonny's Kitty Butt!

2010-03-03T13:30:00.004-05:00

I was adding a few new items to my etsy site today, when my sweet Sonny came along to remind me of why I called my etsy site "kittybutt"! He's got one of the cutest kitty butts I've ever seen!

SONNY!

2010-02-27T14:47:00.003-05:00

I had this stuff all stacked up and ready to take to the curb for recycling and next thing I know Mr. Sonny is curled up inside of this box which was totally unstable! Silly kitty!

Jeffrey Brown Postcards

2010-02-26T14:37:00.006-05:00

Once again I have found an adorable kitty lover item at Helix (in Athens, GA). Appropriatly titled "The Cutest Sneeze in the World", this set of 30 different postcards by Jeffrey Brown will get you giggling til your sides ache! This guy REALLY knows cats! A bargain at only $9.95, the set comes boxed in an artistically designed package with a window cut out. Most of the cards are black & white, but there are a select few that are done in color. The only thing wrong with this set is that you won't want to part with any of them! I recommend buying two boxes!

Sharp End Kitty Pencil Sharpener

2010-02-25T13:15:00.007-05:00

Now I've seen everything! I found this adorable little pencil sharpener at Helix in Athens, GA and just had to have it!

Not only does it sharpen your pencil to a nice clean point, and the "droppings" fall neatly into the "litter box" below, but in addition to that the kitty "meows" when you insert the pencil! Sick and twisted? Yes, but it's also functional and hilarious! It's available in white or black, stands about 7" tall, and sells for under $18.95. Makes a great gift for the kitty lover/artist/writer/anyone who uses a pencil and has a good sense of humor!

Sonny's Recovering Well

2010-02-10T14:09:00.004-05:00

Sonny is doing remarkably well after a big day at the vet yesterday. One of his back upper teeth was badly decayed and had a hole in it, so unfortunately, extraction was necessary, which was done during his teeth cleaning. When we brought him home yesterday he was still totally disoriented from the anesthesia, and looked pitiful with his little shaved arm! Zuki didn't recognize him at all, and we had to keep them separated last night because she kept hissing at the poor little guy! She's still not sure it's Sonny even today, but I think once he starts to smell more like himself she'll accept him again.

Here's a pic of how the tooth was packaged up! I thought it was pretty funny!

Sonny Goes To The Vet

2010-02-09T11:19:00.010-05:00

Our cute lion kitty, Sonny, is at the vet right now having his teeth cleaned. The vet's office just called to let me know that they have to extract one of his teeth because there's a hole in it! Poor Sonny!

I can't imagine having children, as worried as we get about our kitties. I know he'll be ready to get back home to get some TLC from Mrs. Baby.

Temple Grandin

2010-02-06T15:09:00.006-05:00

If you have any interest in animals, how they think and see the world, you might love reading Temple Grandin's books as much as I have. Tonight HBO is premiering a documentary on her life. Click here to watch the trailer.

Art from 2009

2010-02-02T15:04:00.006-05:00

It's been about a year since my last post, so to get back in the swing of things, I thought I'd post a few of my favorite images I did in 2009. These were all done using colored pencils on recycled wood.

Two Beautiful Babies!

2009-02-05T15:54:00.002-05:00

Zuki and Sonny on our bed with wonderful abstract painting by Tracey Albrecht in the background.

Kitties in their spaceship

2009-02-04T15:07:00.001-05:00

I like to say that they're in their "spaceship" when they cuddle in their undersized bed on this clear table because it looks like they're floating!

Holiday Kitties

2009-02-04T15:02:00.003-05:00

This is from Christmas morning. Ours was a wonderfully mellow day in pajamas all day. Just us, the cats, bloody marys, and a big breakfast! This is a tradition that I highly recommend and hope we continue forever!

More Holiday Kitties

2009-02-04T14:56:00.005-05:00

Breakfast was delicious and the kitties even cleaned our plates afterwards!

Holiday Kitties

2009-02-04T14:53:00.003-05:00

Well, at least Zuki did! Apparently Sonny found something else that needed cleaning!

The Seduction

2008-07-30T12:25:00.003-04:00

My husband took this series of photos of Mrs. Baby and The Lion.

Poor Lion has such a disappointed look on his face in the end!

Tight Squeeze!

2008-07-30T12:17:00.004-04:00

They couldn't resist getting into this tiny box! I don't know how they both fit!

Notice the empty kitty bed in the background.

kitty slugs

2008-07-30T12:13:00.002-04:00

Mrs. Baby and the Lion laying side by side like a couple of slugs!

They are so lazy and cute!

Here is a close up of the Lion with his beautiful markings.

HUNGRY?!

2008-07-30T12:05:00.001-04:00

I met this cute little hairless dog at Athfest art/music festival this year.

The owner said he always looks hungry to her

so she tied the little sign around his neck!

Mrs. Baby and her favorite pink ball!

2008-07-30T12:03:00.000-04:00

Mrs. Baby (aka Zuki)

2008-07-30T12:02:00.002-04:00

2008-05-20T11:57:00.005-04:00

Sonny came to us about 5 years ago when he was still a kitten. Not a tiny kitten, but in that funny awkward almost full grown stage. It was a cold rainy night in late December and I heard a tiny "Meow! Meow! Meow!" outside in the rain. I went out our front door to check it out and a man who was walking by told me that this kitten wouldn't stop following him. I told him I'd come take care of it. I took a bowl of food outside and when I shook the bowl the kitty came running up to me. He purred very loudly for about 5 minutes before he finally stopped to eat. Once we were certain he didn't belong to anyone, we took him to the vet to be checked out and "fixed" before bringing him home. We named him Sonny because he was like a little ray of sunshine on that rainy night! We tried to keep him separate from Zuki (our white cat) for about a week to let them get familiar with each others scents under the doors, but he was so determined to meet her, our attempts failed and he managed to break through the barrier we put up. It took about 2 weeks of Zuki resisting and hissing at Sonny, and they finally fell madly in love with each other!

When we first adopted Sonny his fur was matt with dander and I sneezed my head off when he was close to me. Once he got healthier his coat became really beautiful and shiny and now he is just gorgeous! Not to mention, he's sweet as he can be!

After we had him for a couple of years, though, he started doing this weird coughing thing. He looked like he was coughing up a hairball, but nothing would ever come up. Our vet determined that he had feline asthma, which is totally treatable. He has to take 3 pills every night. It sucks, but he's a real good sport about it and takes the pills pretty well. Eventually we might switch him over to an inhaler! It turns out that feline asthma is so common that someone actually designed an inhaler mask that fits their tiny faces!

Anyway, that's Sonny's story. His nicknames are "The LION!", "Mr. Handsome" and "Daddy". He doesn't like to be held, but is extremely affectionate. He loves to be patted aggressively at the base of his tail! He has a tiny voice for such a big handsome kitty, and is most likely a maine coon mix of some kind. Isn't he gorgeous?!

2008-05-20T11:55:00.004-04:00

One of the latest adorable cuddly moments with Sonny (the brown lion) and Zuki (a.k.a. Mrs. Baby, the white one).

obie & niner

2008-03-31T17:30:00.005-04:00

i had so much fun visiting my best friend last weekend in nc. she has 3 german shepherds and a cat. i love it when cats and dogs can hang out together like this! obie is the cute kitty and niner is the beautiful dog. his name is niner because he was the ninth puppy born 8 hours after the other 8. he almost didn't make it, but now he's the largest of all of the dogs at about 135 lbs! what a sweetie!

it's not time yet!

2008-03-19T18:22:00.003-04:00

this was one of the many times when Zuki and Sonny were expressing their disappointment that it was not feeding time yet! notice the empty bowl in the background. poor babies!

Sonny and Zuki

2008-03-17T16:17:00.000-04:00

here are our cats. sonny is the brown one and zuki is the white one. zuki is about 12 years old this year and sonny is around 5. everyday they cuddle up and look so cute that i just have to take pictures to preserve the moments! because they've provided me with a seemingly endless supply of adorable images, i've decided to create a blog to share them with whoever might enjoy them.

although they cuddle like this regularly, they do have their ugly moments too. if i can capture any of that with my camera, i'll share those as well.

cat necklaces

2008-03-17T15:16:00.002-04:00

my cute kitties have recently inspired me to make these cat necklaces. the images are drawn using colored pencil on acrylic painted wood. the chains are sterling silver and are 16 or 18" long. for more information check out my site on etsy: http://www.kittybutt.etsy.com .